Gregory Olsen Quotes

"I would do it in a heartbeat. It was one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done in my life; to be weightless is awesome."

"I'll be most relaxed and happy after the rocket takes off,"

"I've always slightly objected to the word 'tourist,' ... I think the word 'tourist' doesn't do justice to all the work I've put in."

"Tourist doesn't do justice to all the work I've put in, or the work that the people at the Gagarin center (outside Moscow) put in preparing us."

"I do not consider myself a space tourist. Learning how to live and work in space and my upcoming mission are truly a dream come true for me. But I am first and foremost a scientist, and I am going to carry out real science."

"the joy of being in space, weightlessness and so on."

"scientific investigator of the International Space Station."

"I'm just a guy from New Jersey who got to go into space."